Conant, Thomas Jefferson, 1802-1891

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Professor and Hebrew language specialist.

From the description of Manuscripts, [ca.1867-1883] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155460933

Thomas J. Conant (1802-1891) was a prominent biblical scholar. After graduating from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT, he held professorial appointments at several institutions, including Hamilton Literary and Theological Seminary and Rochester Theological Seminary in Hamilton and Rochester, N.Y., respectively. From 1857 to 1875, Conant was responsible for revising the common English language edition of the Bible, a position to which he had been appointed by the American Bible Union. Conant resided at 187 Washington Street in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his wife, Hannah O'Brien Chaplin, and seven children. A son, S.S. Conant, was editor of the periodical Harper's Weekly .

Source: "Obituary: Thomas Jefferson Conant." New York Times, May 1, 1891. Accessed September 19, 2011. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E04E7DA163AE533A25752C0A9639C94609ED7CF

From the guide to the Thomas J. Conant papers, circa 1867-1883, (Brooklyn Historical Society)

Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith American Bible Union. corporateBody
associatedWith Baptist Union Theological Seminary (Morgan Park, Ill.) corporateBody
associatedWith Hovey, Alvah, 1820-1903. person
associatedWith University of Chicago. Library. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |x Religious life and customs
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |x Intellectual life
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Biblical scholars
Book catalogs
Classical philology
Manuscripts, American
Theology
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Birth 1802-12-13

Death 1891-04-30

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